Senior Security Adviser

Role overview

The Senior Security Adviser is responsible for all security advice, policies, processes and services to keep the organisation secure in line with central government standards. This includes overseeing the system for assessing risk to government against known threats and vulnerabilities, methodologies, preventive measures and security standards to inform action at the organisational and individual levels.

The role also includes the provision of expert advice to individuals, managers, business areas and government as a whole on physical, personnel, information, technical and personal security topics. It ensures that security services deliver their required outcomes and that action is taken to mitigate the most significant risks to the organisation, premises and personnel, including risks to high profile individuals. Senior Security Advisers advise the executive level on overall security performance and compliance.

Role level – Principal

Typical role expectations

• Lead development and maintenance of organisational policies, products and methodologies to drive continuous improvement and appropriate security culture in the organisation as well as cultivating and maintaining strong relationships with partners in security provision.
• Co-ordinate security requirements and service requests for a large or high-complexity government organisation, acting as an intelligent customer to the respective Cluster Security Unit/Centre of Excellence and offering a strategic picture
• Provide security advice to one or more assigned government organisations, including addressing and mitigating security risks and issues, and establishing, maintaining and promoting a positive security culture. This includes business continuity management systems, threat and horizon scanning, exercising and preparedness.
• Lead a network of security partners across government, national technical authorities and within industry, to share best practices
• Actively lead engagement, on behalf of multiple government organisations, with the Cluster Security Unit/Centre of Excellence to ensure security consistency and maintain security and risk standards across government
• Analysing security trends and solutions for implications for government business
• Risk assessing sites, events or business operations
• Briefing and debriefing staff, including security education and awareness
• Investigating and managing security incidents

Skills

Core learning

Certified ISO 27001 Practitioner

Certified ISO/IEC 27001 Lead Implementer

Management of Risk Practitioner

SCS Effective Risk Culture Leadership (For Non-Risk Professionals)